We study shareholder support for corporate board nominees in the context of the California gender quota, which was …

In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of public limited … corporate sector and decrease the gender disparity in earnings within that sector. We document that the women appointed to these … boards post-reform were observably more qualified than their female predecessors along many dimensions, and that the gender …

Democratic CEOs associated with a significant reduction (or even disappearance) of the gender gap in the level and performance …

. Such frictions can help explain part of the gender gap in entrepreneurship, and also have implications for how to design …

We study the relation between gender and job performance among brokerage firm equity analysts. Women's representation …

high-profile Ellen Pao v. Kleiner Perkins gender discrimination trial had dramatic treatment effects. In difference …

, fragmentation, and inequity limit the country's ability to respond to increasing social needs. Gender issues are also one of the …

The report focuses on sectoral choice as one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm performance. It explores the …